Title

Assessment Of An Educational Intervention On Nurses' Knowledge And Retention Of Heart Failure Self-Care Principles And The Teach Back Method

Keywords

Heart failure; Nurse; Patient education; Self-care; Teach back

Abstract

Background: Nurses must have optimum knowledge of heart failure self-care principles to adequately prepare patients for self-care at home. However, study findings demonstrate that nurses have knowledge deficits in self-care concepts for heart failure. Methods: A quasi-experimental, repeated measures design was used to assess nurses' knowledge of heart failure self-care before, immediately after, and 3-months following an educational intervention, which also included the Teach Back method. Follow-up reinforcement was provided after the educational intervention. Results: One hundred fifty nurses participated in the study. Significant differences were found between pre-test (65.1%) and post-test (80.6%) scores (p<0.001). Teach Back proficiency was achieved by 98.3%. Only 61 participants completed the 3-month assessment of knowledge. In this group, mean knowledge scores increased significantly across all three measurements (p<0.001): 66.5% (pre-test); 82.1% (post-test); 89.5% (follow up post-test). Conclusions: Participation in a comprehensive educational program resulted in increased nurses' knowledge of heart failure self-care principles and the knowledge was sustained and increased overtime. © 2014 Elsevier Inc.

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Publication Title

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volume

43

Issue

3

Number of Pages

204-212

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2013.11.012

Socpus ID

84899911665 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84899911665

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